Mercury Tower
Mercury Tower
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Basic data | ||
Place: | Mercury near Baden-Baden | |
Country: | Baden-Württemberg | |
Country: | Germany | |
Altitude : | 670 m | |
Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′ 52 ″ N , 8 ° 16 ′ 50 ″ E | ||
Use: | Broadcasting, observation tower | |
Accessibility: | Transmission tower open to the public | |
Owner : | Südwestrundfunk | |
Tower data | ||
Construction time : | 1837, later extensions | |
Operating time: | since 1950 | |
Last renovation (tower) : | 1980-1982 | |
Total height : | 63 m | |
Data on the transmission system | ||
Waveband : | FM transmitter | |
Radio : | VHF broadcasting | |
Send type: | DAB | |
Position map | ||
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The Merkurturm is an observation tower with a transmitter on the Merkur mountain near Baden-Baden , after which it was named.
history
The tower was built on the highest point of Mercury in the middle of the 19th century. Since April 8, 1950, it has served the then SWF (now SWR ) as a transmission tower for broadcasting radio programs in the VHF range and since 1953 as the location of a television station. The tower was completely renovated at the end of the 1970s. In this context, the radio equipment housed there was also expanded. In addition to an underground operating room, a reinforced concrete extension was built on the side facing away from the Oostal, which forms a unit with the observation tower. In this extension, a visitor elevator was installed, which leads to the 23 m high viewing platform . The extension, the construction of which began in the autumn of 1980 and which was handed over to its intended use in December 1982, is a 23 m high reinforced concrete structure with a 40 m high antenna carrier with transmitter antennas for radio and formerly TV on its top, and thus a total height of 63 m. Directional radio antennas are also attached to the mast, e.g. for internal SWR connections.
Frequencies and Programs
Digital radio (DAB / DAB +) and analog radio (VHF) are broadcast via the transmitter mast on the Merkur Tower. Until the switch to DVB-T in 2007, analog television (PAL) was also broadcast. DVB-T television for the region has been coming from Fremersberg since then .
Analog radio (FM)
In the case of directed radiation, the main radiation directions are given in degrees in the antenna diagram.
Frequency (MHz) |
program | RDS PS | RDS PI | Regionalization |
ERP (kW) |
Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
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88.5 | SWR4 Baden-Württemberg | SWR4_KA_ | D804 | Baden radio | 0.8 | D (180 ° -210 °) | H |
90.9 | SWR1 Baden-Württemberg | SWR1_BW_ | D301 | - | 0.8 | D (180 ° -210 °) | H |
98.9 | SWR2 | __SWR2__ | D3A2 | Baden-Württemberg | 0.8 | D (180 ° -210 °) | H |
99.6 | SWR3 | __SWR3__ | D3A3 | Baden / Electoral Palatinate | 0.4 | D (180 ° -210 °) | H |
100.9 | the new wave | die_neue / _welle __ / regional | D30C, D40C | Baden-Baden | 0.8 | ND | H |
Digital radio (DAB / DAB +)
Analog television (PAL)
Before the switch to DVB-T, the broadcasting location was still used for analog television:
channel |
Frequency (MHz) |
program |
ERP (kW) |
Transmission diagram round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
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7th | 189.25 | The First (SWR) | 0.32 | D. | H |
26th | 511.25 | ZDF | 0.15 | ND | H |
47 | 679.25 | B.TV | 0.02 | D. | H |
57 | 759.25 | SWR television Baden-Württemberg | 0.15 | ND | H |
See also
- Baden-Baden transmitter (formerly medium wave transmitter)
- Transmitter Baden-Baden (Fremersberg)
- List of observation towers in the Black Forest
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Merkurberg (Baden-Baden) ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Baden-Baden website , accessed on January 5, 2015
- ^ Digital radio (Radio of the Future) Baden-Württemberg , accessed on April 10, 2012